Sponsors

Title Sponsor

Philly Tech Week 2014, Presented by AT&T Presented by

With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nationâ€™s fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries.

Today, Comcast NBCUniversal is shaping the future of media and technology. Comcast strives to create the best content and constantly pursues innovation to delight our customers.

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CapTech is a national technology consulting firm offering a full suite of services including IT management
consulting, systems integration and data management. We design, implement and integrate
IT systems for Americaâ€™s most respected companies. Working within our clientsâ€™ cultures, we tailor
business solutions to their unique needs.

We get the needs of small businesses, because we were one too. We grew from a small startup with just 1,200 subscribers, taking notice of all the things a business needs for success, and today offer business solutions to over a million businesses like yours!

Penn is a place to pursue knowledge beyond traditional boundaries. You'll encounter that attitude all around our campus, in education, in scholarship, and in research.

Dev Track Sponsors

Chariot Solutions is an enterprise application development consulting firm.

Access Track Sponsors

Urban Apps & Maps Studios is a university-wide interdisciplinary program of urban civic start-ups and community engagement. We aim to build a vibrant ecosystem with community members, university faculty and students, and businesses to catalyze urban innovation using digital technology.

Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged.

Founded in 1963, the Science Center is the oldest and largest urban research park in the United States. We support technology commercialization and technology-based economic development on our campus and in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Civic Track Sponsors

Media Track Sponsors

Using front-line technology as a framework, Trellist builds integrated marketing programs to effectively develop your brand and communicate your messaging across all channels.

Innovation Tour Sponsor

In November 1911 in Detroit, Michigan, road racer Louis Chevrolet and General Motors founder Billy Durant created Chevrolet. In the century since then, the brand has come to embody the best of American automobile ingenuity, giving customers the quality they want and the value they need.

Signature Sponsors

MVM Associates, Inc., a leader in securing and managing a variety of grants and tax credits for companies throughout the United States. MVM is located in Fort Washington, PA and specializes in sellable state tax credits. As a tax credit incentive leader in the industry, MVM has processed over $250 million dollars in transfer applications for hundreds of companies.

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) works with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets, and encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.

The mission of the Free Library of Philadelphia is to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity. Its vision is to build an enlightened community devoted to lifelong learning.

We're a cloud hosting company built upon one simple premise: provide the best possible tools and services to those that know what they need â€” better hosting.

Osage Venture Partners provides venture capital to early stage companies with a focus on information technology, software-as-a-service, and healthcare IT.

Since getting its start at the University City Science Center, Neat has grown from its original mission to end the pain of expense reports to become the leader of digital and cloud-based organization for small businesses and individuals. The companyâ€™s impressive brand dominates its competition and makes it a national darling at top retailers like BestBuy and Staples. In 2012, Neat announced profitably surpassing $100 million in revenue. Now headquartered in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, Neat has won numerous accolades including Technology Company of the Year, Best Small Company to Work For and Start-up of the Year.

Yards' roots lie in British inspired ales. They strive to achieve balance and subtlety through careful selection of ingredients and an unwavering commitment to artisanal production practices. Yards' humble beginnings taught them to take their craft seriously but themselves ourselves, and instilled in us a strong desire to be a positive force in the communities they serve.

Jarvus is a web software engineering firm in Philadelphia. We designed and developed the Philly Tech Week website, and we offer custom, fine-tuned digital solutions for medium and large businesses.

With the best delivery in the business, AWeber gets your email newsletter where it needs to go. We've helped 120,000+ businesses already - see what we can do for yours.

CapTech is a national technology consulting firm offering a full suite of services including management consulting, systems integration, and data management.

Eight acres of public space at the base of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, transformed into Philadelphiaâ€™s â€œPark on the Parkwayâ€ features community programming ranging from interactive and educational activities, entertainment, food trucks and much more

Monetate helps marketers understand their customersâ€™ situations, behaviors, and preferences, and act on those insights with in-the-moment, relevant experiences, targeted to the right customer at the right time.

As the premier platform for â€œConsumer Lifecycle Successâ€ (CLS), Clutch is the first and only end-to-end platform that helps brands connect, engage and measure success across all touch points with their customers. Through our CLS platform we help every retailer realize the goal of optimizing and delivering the value they get from their customers.

Quintiq, based just outside of Philadelphia, is a supply chain planning and optimization software (SCP&O) company. Last year, Quintiq was named Technology company of the year by PACT, a Best Place Work in Philly by the Philadelphia News Journal, and Gartner recently positioned Quintiq as a "Leader" in the magic quadrant for SCP. Growing 30% per year since 2009, Quintiq is an exciting local innovator. Learn more at www.quintiq.com.

Fiberlink, an IBM company, has over 20 years of experience in delivering enterprise mobility management and security solutions for organizations of all sizes. Thousands of customers rely on MaaS360 to accelerate deployment, reduce risk, increase employee productivity, and simplify mobile device management.

Founded in 1987, Volpe and Koenig, P.C. is a full service boutique intellectual property law firm. With over 50 attorneys, patent agents and technical advisors, Volpe and Koenig, P.C. specializes in all areas of technology and serves a diverse roster of U.S. and global clients.

The Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation promotes the well-being of the City, its citizens and visitors by offering beautiful natural landscapes and parks, high quality recreation centers and athletic programs, important historic resources and enriching cultural and environmental programs.

The Cline Group works, as a partner, with newly-emerging or start-up companies, like yours, to perfect every aspect of their business and help them to expand their company on a global scale.

The award-winning Ben Franklin Technology Partners is one of the nationâ€™s longest-running technology-based economic development programs. For more than 30 years, BFTP has provided both early-stage and established companies with funding, business and technical expertise and access to a network of innovative, expert resources.

StartUp PHL is a collaborative effort between the City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporationâ€”a forward thinking initiative inspired by the infusion of entrepreneurial talent that has boosted the cityâ€™s energy and brought new vitality to its neighborhoods.

First Round Capital is not a traditional venture firm. We move at startup speed. Weâ€™re transforming a portfolio of individual companies into a connected community of entrepreneurs who inspire, support and educate each other.

VIP Sponsors

TriNet provides HR solutions to small to mid-sized businesses, allowing you to focus on what your company does best. Our bundled HR products, strategic services and software simplify your HR.

The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is the premier advocate of the regionâ€™s business community, representing members in 11 counties across three states with one voice.

Itâ€™s experiences, not things, that provide the lasting memories. Events are organized experiences and we want more of them to exist in this world by inspiring and empowering the passionate people that create them.

PGW is the largest municipally owned gas utility in the country. We manage and maintain a system of over 6,000 miles of gas mains and service pipes that deliver an annual 78 billion cubic feet of safe, reliable natural gas to our 500,000 customers each year

Located in Rittenhouse Square, Benjamin's Desk is the Epicenter of Innovation in Philadelphia featuring a coworking space for mobile professionals, entrepreneurs, and startups, an experiential venue for meet-ups and events, and premier corporate partners including Comcast Business and its 500MB fiber-optic internet pipe.

As a visionary for the development of growth-stage healthcare and technology companies, Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) is a proven partner for entrepreneurs looking to accelerate growth and build long-term value in their businesses.

General Sponsors

Capstone Insurance Group is a full service risk advisory and employee benefits consulting firm. Our team understands the unique risks and needs facing technology companies and startups â€“ Our goal is to create tailored insurance and benefits programs to satisfy those needs at every stage of growth.

At The Marks Group, our specialty is sales and marketing technologies

Internet Creations empowers organizations throughout the world, including Fortune 100â€™s and nonprofits, to accelerate service and achieve operational efficiency. We are pioneers in designing and implementing business solutions on the Salesforce Platform.

Inverse Paradox is a web & graphic design company specializing in custom WordPress websites & Magento e-commerce from the Philadelphia area in Bucks County, PA.

A Boutique Insurance Brokerage based in Philadelphia. We specialize in Group & Individual Health Insurance, Life & Disability Income Insurance and Voluntary Benefits.

Schnaderâ€™s team of outstanding lawyers serves the complex litigation and transactional needs of both long established and newly emerging businesses, including those doing business internationally and in cyberspace. We also provide wealth management and an array of personal legal services to individuals.

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Gregory FCA is a full service strategically integrated public relations firm with 20 years experience and a national leader in delivering high-impact media exposure for clients.

SIG is a global quantitative trading firm founded with an entrepreneurial mindset and a rigorous analytical approach to decision making. We commit our own capital to trade financial products around the world.

SocialRadar is building innovative apps that give you real-time information about the people around you. SocialRadar combines your social network information with geo-location data in an app that is easy and fun to use. Available for iPhone at www.AppStore.com/SocialRadar. (Want the Android beta? Email: social@socialradar.com)

The Penn State Smeal Executive MBA Program in Philadelphia features the same highly ranked professors who teach in the on-campus Smeal College of Business MBA Program. The Smeal EMBA offers alternating weekends across 21 months, classes in Lafayette Hill, and course work focused on your unique business challenges.

East River Bank, Phillyâ€™s most advanced neighborhood bankâ„¢, has three convenient Philadelphia-area locations in East Falls, Roxborough and Old City. East River Bank provides an array of financing options for technology companies and other innovative start-ups. Keep your business growing strong and BANK LOCAL.
Member FDIC. EQUAL HOUSING LENDER.

municibid is an online government auctions website designed for government surplus auctions and police auctions, directly by the government. These government auctions online are open to the public, which means you can take advantage of these incredible bargains!

Technology Tell Network is all about Technology For Everyday Life. Launched in December 2011, our site is comprised of individual channels that focus on Gadgets, Apple, Gaming, Home Tech, Entertainment, Car Tech, Digital Photography and E-Readers. Technology Tell Network is based in Philadelphia and published by Consumer Technology Publishing Group (CTPG), a division of North American Publishing Company (NAPCO).

SEMrush is your secret agent in competitors' research. We analyze SERPs, and provide detailed information about domains and keywords.

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For over 100 years, Alteva (NYSE MKT: ALTV) has been evolving to best serve its customers. From its roots as a local telephone switchboard operator to its current role pioneering new telecommunications technology, Alteva leads the way in cloud-based communications including VoIP, Unified Communications and Microsoft Communication Services.

The Demand Network Analyticsâ„¢ (DNA) cloud is transforming how manufacturers use supply chain, trade, and point of sale data in their account management and demand management operations.

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The College of Computing & Informatics (CCI) combines the core strengths and assets of Drexelâ€™s many undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in computing and informatics that are currently offered in three different colleges.

Acumen Analytics, based in Philadelphia, PA, is a WBE certified information management and analytics consulting firm focused on helping clients leverage their data, technology and organizational assets to create strategies and deliver solutions that drive business outcomes. While Acumen Analyticsâ€™ consultants have specific industry expertise in life science and human resource management, their capabilities span across many industries and business functions, providing information management strategy, data management and architecture, business intelligence and advanced analytics that measure performance,identify opportunities, and forecast the future efficiently and more cost effectively.

GoEmerchant monetizes products for startups and entrepreneurs with toolkits Built for Developers to easily integrate payments for Web & Mobile.

Philadelphiaâ€™s premier downtown colocation and data center for your Primary ,Disaster Recovery and Q&A Requirements. â€We are the House of the Cloudâ€

As the world's leading news and information company, we reach more than a billion people worldwide with our Reuters News coverage, and provide valuable up-to-the minute news and insights to all of the professionals we serve.

We build head-turning, agenda-setting, taste-making public relations and marketing programs. Whether itâ€™s a short-term project or a long-term relationship, we get to know your business and provide you with powerful, meaning and effective programs.

Weâ€™re business-minded design professionals who help you create intuitive, engaging and beautiful digital products and business applications.

Part innovation playground, part business accelerator, and part community workspace, we offer our members a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaboration opportunities to grow impact.

Fesnak was founded on a belief that no financial event occurs in a vacuum. Like dominoes, a move in one column affects the one next to it. Which is why weâ€™re more than an accounting firm, weâ€™re advisors across disciplines: tax, accounting, transaction, valuation and management advisory

We are laser-focused on helping seed stage companies become the next big thing.

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Saul Ewing is a regional Mid-Atlantic law firm. We provide our clients with a broad range of sophisticated legal services in complex, high-profile matters.

Thereâ€™s a lot of customer relationship and sales and marketing technology out there and weâ€™re all learning that as neat as some of it can be, itâ€™s virtually worthless without an expert to help you use it the best way possible. Well, weâ€™re the experts.

Supporters

As a national leader among digital marketing agencies, SEER's experienced team of SEO, PPC, and Analytics associates have the expertise to not only get you ranked and get your ads driving clicks to your website, but to analyze the impact our efforts have where it matters: on your bottom line. SEER's an Analytics-first company, who will not take on projects where we canâ€™t analyze our impact on your business.

PAMA's mission is to be an invaluable partner and resource for marketers in the Greater Delaware Valley region and support our members with their career growth and ongoing professional development.

Broadpath is a strategic communications firm focused solely on supporting the particular needs of consumer and enterprise technology companies. Led by industry veteran Gretchen Roede, Broadpathâ€™s experienced team of technology marketers understand how technology is discovered, evaluated, adopted and retained. This enables the firm to deliver compelling messaging to the market in a way that drives business growth. Broadpath services include: messaging and positioning; media and analyst relations; social marketing and content marketing.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is designed for business owners with limited resources who have a business poised for growth. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to growing their business and creating jobs within their community.

Uber is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through our app, we make cities more accessible, expanding the possibilities for riders and creating more business for drivers. From our founding in 2009, Uber's rapidly expanding global presence continues to bring people and their cities closer.